Richtown Cemetery
 Tremont, Hancock County, Maine
part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 400 - Southwest Harbor, ME 04679
info@vfthomas.com - 207-266-5748

(updated 31 July 2011)




Location. UTM: 19T 0549803, 4899693; Lat./Long.: N 44°14′55.5″ x W 68°22′34.3″

Directions. From the intersection of Routes 3 and 102/198 at the north end of Mount Desert Island, go straight ahead (south) onto Routes 102/198. In approximately 5.2 miles (and at the south end of the village of Somesville), turn right onto Pretty Marsh Road (Route 102). Travel on Route 102 about 10.3–10.4 miles, and turn right onto Richtown Road. The cemetery is on the left in approximately 0.4–0.5 miles.

History. —

Notes. The cemetery is bordered on three sides by small northern white-cedar trees and is completely open in the front (along the road).

Date of most recent visit. 26 April 2008

Names and dates on gravestones and other markers.
HODGDON
   Frank L. - b. 21 June 1928; d. 30 April 2005
PARSONS
   M. Louise - b. 1913; d. 1935
   Maurice R. - b. 1922; d. 1940
   Nadia May (RICH) - b. 1878; d. 1935
RICH
   Ardell (dau. of Maurice P. and Daty [no stone]) - d. 14 January 1870 Æ 18 y., 9 m.
   Charlotte I. [wife of L. Neal] - b. 1929
   Chauncey G. - b. 1875; d. 1939
   [Datie R. - see THURSTON]
   Delilah A. (dau. of Elias, Jr., and Emil[y or ie]1 P.) - d. 7 March 1869 Æ 5 y., 2 m., 24 d.
   Elias, Jr. (husb. of Emil[y or ie]1 P.) - d. 1 February 1896 Æ 69 y., 3 m., 22 d.
   Emil[y or ie]1 P. (wife of Elias, Jr.) - d. 16 March 1902 Æ 70 y., 9 m., 4 d.
   Frank B. (husb. of Goldie C.) - b. 1882; d. 1976
   Goldie C. (wife of Frank B.) - b. 1889; d. 1966
   L. Neal [husb. of Charlotte I.] - b. 1928; d. 1989
   Leslie G. - b. 1902; d. 1957
   Lois H. (THURSTON; wife of Maurice P.) - b. 1843; d. 1922
   Margaret (wife of Jonathan [no stone]) - d. 19 April 1817 Æ 37 y.
   Maurice P. (husb. of Daty [no stone]) - d. 18 August 1879 Æ 73 y., 7 m., 23 d.
   Maurice P. (husb. of Lois H. (THURSTON)) - b. 1841; d. 1892; ("G. A. R." [Civil War])
   [Nadia May - see PARSONS]
   Roy U. - b. 1873; d. 1944
   Sarah A. (wife of John R. [no stone]) - d. 6 April 1880 Æ 42 y., 4 m., 17 d.
   Ulysses S. - b. 1878; d. 1951
THURSTON
   Datie R. (RICH; wife of John S.) - b. 1851; d. 1927
   Elias [THURSTON?] - [no dates]
   Ethel [THURSTON?] - [no dates]
   Harold Lynn (son of John S. and Datie R. (RICH)) - d. 27 June 1880 Æ 2 m., 10 d.
   John S. (husb. of Datie R. (RICH)) - b. 1853; d. 1924
   Lillie [THURSTON?] - [no dates]
   [Lois H. - see RICH]
WASS
   Willard R. - b. 29 June 1911; d. 25 May 2000

Note:
   1Different on different stones.



Images and information (including corrections) should be e-mailed to info@vfthomas.com or sent by traditional mail to Tremont Cemeteries, c/o V. F. Thomas Co.; P. O. Box 400; Southwest Harbor, ME 04679.